Applications Invited for Applied global health research

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About the Organization

Launched in April 2018, UKRI is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).

Our organisation brings together the seven disciplinary research councils, Research England, which is responsible for supporting research and knowledge exchange at higher education institutions in England, and the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK.

MRC funds research at the forefront of science to prevent illness, develop therapies and improve human health.

About the Grant

We’re looking for research projects that will develop practical solutions to global health challenges and inequities. The aim is to fund a portfolio of high-quality global research,which will be diverse, promote multidisciplinarity and strengthen global health research capacity.

This includes:

late-stage intervention development and testing, which can include global health trials

implementation and scale-up research

health systems, health policy and health economics research.

We also welcome cross-sector research combining expertise to meet a global health challenge. For example, a single proposal may include aspects of urban planning, health policy and non-communicable disease research. The research question might involve different disciplines and approaches from outside the health sector, but the primary objective must be health focused.

The resources you request should be appropriate to the objectives of your proposal. We will accept proposals of all sizes, including large applications of approximately £2 million and small to medium-scale applications. We will take into account value for money when assessing proposals.

You can apply for funding to address any health topic of relevance in the context where the research will be conducted.

Examples of areas in which applied research may be conducted include, but are not limited to, the following:

• maternal and neonatal health
• early childhood development
• adolescent health
• healthy ageing
• sexual and reproductive health
• infectious diseases, including neglected tropical diseases and COVID-19
• non-communicable diseases, including mental health disorders
• multimorbidity
• nutrition and food security
• snakebite
• intentional and unintentional injury
• urban health, including indoor and outdoor air pollution, road traffic accidents and healthy housing
• planetary health
• informal settlements, conflict zones and displaced populations
• primary, secondary and tertiary prevention
• detection and diagnostics
• mobile health (mHealth)
• treatment, including surgery
• pain management and palliative care.

The MRC FCDO concordat supports global health research projects funded through the Applied Global Health Research Board in specific strategic areas of mutual interest, for example:

• infections
• maternal and newborn health
• implementation science
• adolescent health
• early child development.

The following grant schemes are available through the applied global health research board:

• research grant
• partnership grant.

Who can apply

You can apply for this opportunity if you are a researcher based at an eligible research organisation. These include:

• universities or higher education institutions based in the UK or low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) with degree-awarding powers recognised by the government in which the organisation is based
• research focused institutes based in LMICs either funded by the government of the country in which the organisation is based or by a not-for-profit organisation
• research focused not-for-profit organisations based in LMICs with dedicated research capacity
• UKRI-approved independent research organisations or NHS bodies
• public sector research establishments
• MRC institutes
• MRC units and partnership institutes (including those in Gambia and Uganda)
• institutes and units funded by other research councils.

You must have a graduate degree, although we expect most applicants to have a PhD.

MRC particularly encourages applications from:

• overseas researchers based in LMICs
• researchers who are eligible to apply for MRC funding and working in equitable partnership with LMIC researchers.

How to Apply

Applying using Je-S

You must apply using the Joint Electronic Submission (Je-S) system and follow the below guidance before accessing Je-S.

If you are a UK lead applicant, follow the UK researchers Je-S guidance section.

If you are a low- and middle-income country (LMIC) researcher who is leading an outline application, follow the process outlined in the ‘LMIC based lead overseas researchers’ section.

If you are an investigator or researcher based within an LMIC research organisation not currently registered on Je-S, follow the ‘self registration process’ section.

Deadline: 16 February 2023 4:00pm UK time

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